Surveys the establishment and development of towns in the early American West and discusses daily life, recreation, culture, business and government there.

"Delicious slices of Denver's past, including the Mint, drinking water, City Ditch, Cherry Creek, the South Platte, Tabor ghosts, the Windsor Hotel, the Baron of Montclair, Overland Park, Buffalo Bill, Elitch Gardens and Eugene Field." -- from "101 Best Books on Colorado" bibliography.

Outside Denver, Colorado, Joe Rickards stands over a small aircraft wreckage, studying burnt remains still smoldering in a field of freshly fallen snow...an investigator for the NTSB, working to carefully roll back the last several hours and identify the cause of the accident. But this time, he can't. The details behind this tragedy don't add up. Unlike every other investigation of Joe's career, the facts make no sense. Each new piece of information...

A history of Larimer Street in Denver, looking at both its past and its redevelopment in the 1980s.

Collects historic photographs of Denver from publications such as the Denver Album and the 1866 Business Directory.